Win 7 to Win 98 disc issues.

Digital X · 28 Dec 2016 at 23:38

I needed drivers for a really old graphics card, Riva TNT2, I found them on my laptop, burnt them to the disc and closed the session.

Double checked to make sure they were there after.

I put the disc into my Win98 machine and the cd rom shows up empty.

What am I doing wrong?

No Win98 remarks, etc etc. I built it for a purpose. Thanks.

The disc did definitely format, it showed around 700mb free on windows 7, but in my 98 machine it shows about 60mb free.. ? Which is around the size of the drivers files.

Is it because they use a different formatting process or something? And would Imgburn solve my issues?
The drive definitely works, as I have installed Diablo 2, but cannot play due to no graphic drivers.

Mujja · 29 Dec 2016 at 00:10

Are both computers connected to the same network? Share a folder on the laptop and copy the drivers across.

Or upload to Google Drive or OneDrive and download.

Or email to yourself.

Digital X · 29 Dec 2016 at 00:24

Windows 98 pc isn't online.

Laptop and main PC are.

Mujja · 29 Dec 2016 at 00:37

Is it an old mobo with no USB? I guess you would have tried that already.

If it's the original CD drive it could be a compatability issue. Try burning the disc at a lower speed.

If using Windows own disc burning tool use Imgburn as mentioned.

Digital X · 29 Dec 2016 at 00:47

It has 4 usb's at the back, two at the front. It's a HP D350. Sorry should have said.

I found a random disk, with 2 drivers for my Wifi USB on, so it CAN read them, which is good, just can't use them, because Winrar etc.

I may be OK if I can get them written on to the disc now..

Disk is write protected.. I'll have to buy some more.

Going round the houses with this pc

Duke · 29 Dec 2016 at 11:41

Don't you have a USB pen somewhere, rather then burning CDs still?

darael · 29 Dec 2016 at 11:48

If I remember correctly, Windows 98 needed drivers for USB drives. I'd be tempted to hook it up to your home network to copy the files over.

Confused Stu · 29 Dec 2016 at 12:00

I'm wondering if the disc you created was a multi-session one rather than "closed". From memory, newer versions of Windows will happily read a multi-session disc and can even add new things to the disc, but older versions will need the disc to be closed before they can read them.

Unfortunately not near a PC I can use to check settings or whatever to help properly.